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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its national Green Power Community Challenge, a year-long campaign to encourage cities, towns, villages, and Native American tribes to use renewable energy and fight climate change. To participate, a local government must join EPA's Green Power Partnership and use green power in amounts that meet the program's purchase requirements. The local government must also conduct a campaign to encourage local businesses and residents to collectively buy or produce green power on-site in amounts that meet EPA requirements.
As part of the national campaign, communities will compete to see which one can use the most green power and which one can achieve the highest green power percentage of total electricity use. There will be a separate award for each category with national recognition and special attention from EPA. The winners will be announced in September 2011.
More than 30 cities and towns in Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Washington, and Wisconsin have become green power communities, and are collectively buying more than 900 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) of green power annually. The campaign is designed to expand upon the successes of the program, aiming to double the total aggregate amount of green power used by EPA Green Power Communities.
News Release - EPA Launches Green Power Community Challenge Nationwide/Local governments expand use of green power
More Information - EPA's Green Power Community Challenge
More Information - EPA's Green Power Communities
Contacts:
Stacy Kika, 202-564-0906
Cathy Milbourn, 202-564-7849
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